Commentary

BRITAIN, THE CRADLE of parliamentary democracy, suffered another blow Wednesday when the European hu

As Bob Dole wins the Republican nomination, he may look back on the South Carolina primary as the tu

ONE-STOP SHOPPING is a watchword in most industries - most, that is, except financial services. Bank

STATES WON a significant victory in the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, which ruled Congress cannot ex

DEERE'S EXPORTS NOTTHREATENED BY MARADThere have been times when I felt the views and action

It ''strikes a blow at the heart of this nation's vital defenses against unfair trade and the U.S. c

President Clinton boasts that under his administration U.S. economic performance has been the best i

PRIVATE CAPITAL is flowing to the developing countries at levels never seen before. Not surprisingly

According to a new report from literacy experts, ''evidence suggests that students today read better

FOR THE FIRST TIME in 68 years, the United States is introducing a totally redesigned $100 bill in a

No doubt the old boys in Zhongnanhai, the Beijing enclave where much of China's leadership lives, wo

IN ONE OF THE LEAST SURPRISING developments of the year, the AFL-CIO officially endorsed Bill Clinto

JONES ACT: TAKEA CLOSE LOOKOne of the criticisms of the Jones Act is the cost of American ci

Earlier this month, Russia's lower house of parliament voted to recreate the Soviet Union. The rush

NOW THAT TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT, Lee Teng-hui, has won a resounding victory at the polls, the government

Nearly everyone agrees high-technology industries - computer hardware and software, telecommunicatio

In 1896, William Jennings Bryan mesmerized the Democratic Party convention with his famous ''Cross o

China no longer will qualify for long-term, low-cost loans from the World Bank's International Devel

BRITISH CUISINE'S reputation, already tarnished by such culinary travesties as bangers and mash and

LEGAL IMMIGRATION is the lifeblood of America, and nothing should be done to change that. Increasing

Two recent commentaries on this page on the Libertad Act, the Cuba sanctions bill signed into law by

BY WALKING OFF THEIR JOBS 17 days ago, auto workers at General Motors' Dayton, Ohio, brake plant pic

TAIWAN IS OFFICIALLY undisturbed by China's bullying, but its people feel otherwise. Middle-class Ta

The breathless pace of change in the computer industry affords few opportunities for reflection, but

The U.S. Senate this week enacted ''regulatory reform lite,'' a compromise bill composed of some of

President Ernesto Zedillo displayed his greatest strength (belief in economic modernization) and his

DRUG TRAFFICKERS DON'TGO THROUGH CUSTOMSThe headline on your Feb. 28 article, ''Gap in Truck

BILL CLINTON'S THREAT to veto product liability reform is a brazen payoff to the trial lawyers who a

''It's the economy, stupid.'' Now the Republicans get their turn to make hay with this half-truth. W

GERMANY, IT SEEMS, is tired of subsidizing Europe's Airbus Industrie consortium and says it's time t

During the Cold War, the U.S. military was forced to realize that nuclear weapons and delivery syste

POLAND'S GDANSK SHIPYARD, which gave the country its most popular revolutionary, Lech Walesa, may ha

As politicians from both parties survey the rubble left by Pat Buchanan, one notable feature dominat

Most press reports on the impact of the budget battle on companies and workers focus on federal cont

Economic activity in the United States appears to have bounced back in February from its miserable p

FREE TRADE in the Western Hemisphere has become a credible concept less than two years after it was

American debates on immigration always seem to feature dramatic stories of new Americans who arrive

MEXICO IS FIGHTINGCOURAGEOUS DRUG WARMr. Andrew Reding's article, ''Mexico's Timid Flight Ag

CHINA IS SPREADING its combativeness to Geneva. Negotiations on China's entry into the World Trade O

Aftershocks from France's crippling public sector strike last fall are still reverberating across th